Post #2331169

2024-03-26 17:58 UTC

Ok fedi we have a weird problem. We’ve lost our Laptop (M1 Air Gold) in an ICE to Vienna last Friday. Have submitted lots item reports to DB and OBB but nothing so far. But we still get occasional FindMy locations. Always on train station, always on the move for most of the day, always different trains. We’ve tried chasing it around, but between infrequent updates and low accuracy it’s not much we can do there. Driver didn’t know about it. Since it’s always on trains, and always on different ones around Austria, we assume it’s with some railway employee, that hasn’t handed it over to Lost&amp;Found? It’s the only thing that sorts makes sense, but we’re just confused tbh. Edit: We used the tracking to find where they lived an put a poster on the front door of their apartment complex. They called us the next day and we met up yesterday. They were a train attendant that grabbed it, didn't have the opportunity to drop it off at Lost&amp;Found and then forgot about having it in their bag. Anyways, we are very happy to have it back Any other tips? #askFedi #obb #austria

Replies (7)

@phos@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net 2024-03-26 21:28

Update: we’ve watched it leave the train, go to a grocery store, and then back to the residential building next to Westbahnhof. We are very sure that location is accurate. We’ll put up posters there. We are still unsure what that means. A train attendant taking it with them seems the most likely, but why they couldn’t hand it to Lost&Found is a mystery. If they wanted to steal it taking it with them to work seems pointless. If they’re not a train attendant it doesn’t make sense why it’d be on trains for most of the day. In any case, a poster on their front door with clear contact info and maybe a reward would make it easier for them

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@f2k1de@cuties.social 2024-03-26 19:49

@phos@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net Anderes Gerät nehmen, alle paar Minuten Find My Screenshoten, wenn es ein Update gibt schauen welcher Zug im Fahrplan dort zu der Zeit war.

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@robryk@qoto.org 2024-03-26 19:40

@phos@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net Where is it at night? If it doesn't ping at night, is the area where it's in the evening somewhat consistent? Whom do you mean by the driver? Driver of the train you lost it on, or a driver of one of the trains it was on? I see that others already mentioned the possibility of it being the same train, but serving different services. How do you know what service it was on board of? (I don't know how often trains that pass through a station but don't have a stop there actually stop for a short while somewhere nearby anyway, or drive through very slowly in Austria.)

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@Life_is@no-pony.farm 2024-03-26 18:57

@phos@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net #bahnbubble @jon@gruene.social

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@julian@digitalcourage.social 2024-03-26 20:54

@phos@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net @marudor@chaos.social has some expertise in analysing train data.

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@Jenkins@det.social 2024-03-26 19:33

@phos@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net Good luck! keep us posted.

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@wakame@tech.lgbt 2024-03-26 18:08

@phos@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net Have you checked if they really are different trains? What I mean is: The same physical waggon can (together with others) form different trains. Of course, if the trains are from different classes (e.g. IC, ICE), that would rule this out.

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